it looks set to cause if few more problems over the next few days. we still have over 100 flood warnings in force. actually, the numbers have been rising in parts of northern england and scotland. we have had to some more rain on the way. the rain will quickly spread an overnight gci’oss will quickly spread an overnight across northern ireland, england and wales but it will be at its heaviest across the swathes of wales, parts of northern england, maybe the north midlands, it is enough to cause some further flooding midlands, it is enough to cause some furtherflooding issues. all the while, it stays windy and scotland with further snow showers. tomorrow, it is an improving weather picture as this area of rain slowly clears away through the morning. the afternoon looks brighter and drier with some sunshine but showers continue to feed and across scotland. windy, but not as windy as it has been over instant days. the cold est it has been over instant days. the coldest air across these northern areas and then as we head into

monday, further problems as this area of low pressure heads in, we can see some disruptive snow, particularly in scotland but it will also be wet and windy elsewhere, too. that is your weather. hello — this is bbc news, with ben bland. the headlines: 32 british and irish tourists arrive at a quarantine centre in the wirral — after being evacuated from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship. fears about the spread of the virus — as the number of new cases in south korea more than doubles in one day. a 29—year—old man appears in court in connection with a stabbing inside london's central mosque during afternoon prayers. the met office warns the uk to brace itself for more bad weather — with warnings of snow in scotland and strong winds and yet more rain on the way. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.

hello, and welcome to sportsday — with me, holly hamilton, and gavin ramjaun. the headlines this evening: france win in cardiff for the first time in a decade to keep their six nations grand slam hopes alive. a late goal by substitute gabriel jesus gives manchester city victory at leicester, and tightens their grip on second spot in the premier league. and the countdown is on to tyson fury‘s world heavyweight rematch with deontay wilder — we'll be in las vegas ahead of tonight's fight. hello, and thanks forjoining us here on sportsday. let's begin with the six nations which returned today with mixed

scotland got their first win of the campaign, but wales hopes of defending their title have all but disappeared. they were beaten 27—23 by france — who remain on course for the grand slam. well, 0lly foster is at the principality stadium for us this evening. 0lly, another impressive french performance? yes, really, really good, so impressive, this very young french side. 600 caps fewer than the welsh side, he were feuding a record 850 plus, that is the six nations record. the welsh will be bitterly disappointed, because they almost had enough to get itjust over the line. this is the first french win in cardiff for ten years. 20 time —— 2010 with the last time they won the six nations title, with a grand slam

as well, now is the dream is still very much alive. this was the match of the six nations so far this season, of the six nations so far this season, we of the six nations so far this season, we are that the halfway point. that show you some of the charge from this incredible match. wells went on at the back foot very early on in the game, li halfpenny stood up and under, the french full—back raced over. france had an eight—point lead at half—time. wells at the right themselves back into the game when dylan lewis went over for the first world score, but france pulled clear. another blender, nick tomkins give it away, the man of the match went over for the man of the match went over for the another late try. a late try set up the another late try. a late try set upa realgrand the another late try. a late try set up a real grand slam finish, but they ran out of time, 27—23 to the

french. all those frustrations, especially from the welsh, they bawled over at the end of the match, if you scratch breaking out between the players. it all come down eventually, but this defeat really hurt the welsh because their title defence is pretty much in tatters have now, unless some extraordinary results go their way. just those decisions that went against them, they thought they should have had a penalty try but they didn't. they thought there was a deliberate knock—on, let's hearfrom thought there was a deliberate knock—on, let's hear from the wales head coach noel. this trip down close to lateline. penalty try? we will have a good look, but i thought it was at least a penalty. again, it stops the momentum. the scrum penalty, killing well all day, then ci’oss penalty, killing well all day, then cross these crumbs. he got well rewarded. some 5, some buts and maybes, they have to dust ourselves

down and get on with the rest of thisjumping down and get on with the rest of this jumping ship now down and get on with the rest of thisjumping ship now to down and get on with the rest of this jumping ship now to see what they can get out of it. they certainly have a big part to play, because it wells now have england and scotland. france, as they go for this grand slam, have scotland and ireland — tough matches coming up for the scots. but they will be feeling so much happier with themselves, because they have their first win. they were expected to win in rome, most teams to beat italy these days. they could perhaps have scored more tries, the kicking was a bit wayward, but they did win in rome. the coliseum sits across town, but these days, it's at the stadio 0limpico that battle is done in rome. if history between italy and scotland has anything to go by, this was set to be tense. even more so because both were yet to win a match in this season's championship. it took until round three, but captain stuart hogg was able to create a big moment for scotland, who had failed to score a try

in their in their two opening six nations games. minutes later, ali price doubled the lead, but replays revealed a forward pass in the build up. after the break, scotland were creeping forward phase by phase and putting the pressure on. their patienvce eventually prevailed. italy's defenders were eventually forced wide, allowing chris harris to get over the line. not pretty but effective. it was a performance far from perfect, adam hastings missing his second conversion of the game, but even he had his moment. in a counterattack, the fly—half was able to finish the job for scotland in what was a stroll, stretching their lead to 17—0. we had to stick in at times in defence. to see the players with their first

victory of the championship against a difficult opponent, we are obviously delighted. there is a lot of work to do. we'll go into our last two games with confidence. there has been a big focus for us to stay in the fight longer with teams when away from home, to make sure that we are a nightmare to play against. we have done that pretty well. we can take a lot of confidence in how we defended today. with italy's losing three, this was a hard —fought clash with italy's losing three, this was a hard—fought clash in which scotland and simply had to come away victorious. back to murrayfield for the scots, a two—week break for them, they have got the french so it doesn't get any easier at all. one more match this weekend, at twickenham tomorrow, england looking to stay in at the championship. ireland, the only other unbeaten

team, that should be an absolute cracker. all the build—up to that one across bbc news. for now, we will go and hunt down some french celebrations in cardiff, they have got plenty to sell bit tonight. there were six matches in the premier league today. manchester city put some distance between themselves and third place leicester, in the late kick off. city won 1—0 at the king power — but they left it late, and almost blew their chance to try and keep up some sort of challenge to league leaders liverpool — who are still 19 points clear. with liverpool being a clear favourite for number one, this was i was going to be a key fixture in the race for second. both sides struggling to find consistency of light, this was an opportunity to start hitting at the right notes. jamie vardy tends to produce a memorable solo performances against manchester city, only the fame of the ghoul stopped him from giving

leicester an early lead. at the other end, kasper schmeichel played his of all, although he was beaten just before half—time. celebrations cut short, sergio aguero's goal disallowed for offside. they strike oui’ disallowed for offside. they strike our current squad for every month, but he would get another opportunity. he would be denied. 0nce opportunity. he would be denied. once a former manchester city player, now kasper schmeichel was left out hero. when aguero falters, gabriel normally steps up, just three minutes after coming on, the striker made his impact. enough for his victory, manchester city's hold on second place just got a little bit tighter. chelsea struck a significant blow in the fight for the top four places with a deserved victory over

tottenha m at sta mford bridge res)in a confrontation billed as a battle between frank lampa rd and his old mentorjose mourinho, spurs were simply outplayed and are now adrift by four points. adam wild reports. it might only be a short hop across the capital, but forjose mourinho, the return to chelsea has been quite a journey. now he arrives as spurs' special one — reinvented and reacquainted. with so much at stake, this was perhaps the welcome he had feared. it took his old side three attempts, but finally, 0livier giroud found chelsea a way through. the only goal in a first half full of chances. the second brought more, marcus alonso on his left foot — there aren't many more dangerous. for frank lampard, quite a moment to remind his old mentorjust how much he has learned. but it would not be a london derby without controversy, perhaps no surprise that came from var — giovani lo celso with this ugly challenge. the replay verdict was no red card — a decision that var officials confessed was wrong minutes later. but by then, the game had moved on,

spurs' late goal adding nothing more than a few nerves for chelsea. it is not good enough. i'm disappointed because i'm an advocate for var, i want it to work and get those sort of decisions right. but it's so clear that was a red card incident, another question mark for us. we have tired players, we don't have a striker. i thought they did very well, they pressed us, it is very difficult for us. so, mourinho's return, but lampard's day. in football, you are quickly forgotten. there was also var controversy in the game between burnley and bournemouth, at turf moor. burnley won 3—0 — their second goal coming via a jay rodriguez penalty, awarded by the video assistant for a handball which came in the build—up to what bournemouth thought was an equaliser to make it1—1. that goal was ruled out, play was brought back, and rodriguez made it 2—0. the first decision probably dictates

the rest of the game, because for me it's a clear goal, it has come off phil's shoulders, i think it is a perfectly good goal, without the first decision, var wouldn't getting involved in the second incident. i think from that moment, when it went 2—0, i think we were mentally spent in the game, psychologically, we couldn't come back. up until that moment, i thought we played very well. elsewhere — crystal palace secured their first win of 2020 as they saw off visitors newcastle. sheffield united drew 1—1 with brighton, and miss the chance to go 5th. and a big win for southampton as they beat aston villa 2—nil... which ends a run of three games without a win for saints. west brom are edging closer to a return to the premier league. they're nine points clear of the chasing pack, in third in the championship after beating bristol city 3—0. leeds beat reading to stay in second, but brentford missed the chance to move up to third —

after drawing with blackburn — who led 2—0 with both goals from adam armstrong. but brentford got back in it, thanks to a great strike from 0llie watkins. before a penalty from said benrahma made sure brentford snatched a point. the draw leaves blackburn five points outside the play offs. some other key results in the championship today. forest lost ground — held to goalless draw with qpr. preston climb back into the playoff spots, with a 2—1win over hull. alan browne with the winnerfor them. and luton stay rooted to the bottom, they lost 3—1 at charlton. to the scottish premiership now — celtic and rangers both in action tomorrow. but motherwell are up to third, despite a goaless draw at hamilton. that's after aberdeen were beaten 2—1 at home by ross county — billy mckay with both county goals. and hibs missed a penalty, in their 1—1 draw with livingston, so miss the chance to leapfrog their opponents into fifth. 0nto domestic rugby —

and bath are up to fourth in the premiership after beating harlequins 19—12, with england winger ruaridh mcconnochie scoring two tries. in today's other game, 0llie hassell—collins scored four tries as london irish jumped above gloucester in the table with a 24—20 victory. irish now up to fifth. in the pro 1a —jamie dobie will make his first start for glasgow warriors as they welcome the dragons to scotstoun stadium... elsewhere the cheetahs will be hoping to repeat their hammering of ulster — when they meet in belfast later. the south african side won 63—26, last october. still no score in belfast at the moment. leeds rhinos have made it back to back wins in super league after beating last year's grand finalists salford by 22 points to points to 8 at the aj bell stadium. meanwhile, the side who beat salford in that grand final last year, st helens, take on nrl winners sydney roosters in the world club challenge tonight. the roosters are looking for successive world club challenge wins, having beaten wigan to lift

the trophy last season. so, that game returns to britain later — with saints aiming for a third win in the annual clash of champions of super league, and the australian nrl. so, that game returns to britain later — with saints aiming for a third win in the annual clash of champions of super league, and the australian nrl. it's the second successive season the roosters are taking part, having triumphed in the fixture against wigan warriors at the dw stadium in 2019. richard askam has more. when super league's best meet the aussie champions — sparks are guaranteed to fly. the title on the line is for the best team in the world — you don't need much more motivation than that. we have some really high class players that have played for great britain and other countries as well. they certainly want to put their name forward as being considered as some of the best.

the sydney roosters are aiming to become the first team to defend the trophy. saints won it more than a decade ago. the captain then at the start of his illustrious career, one that is certainly not finished yet. i'm not calling you old, i wouldn't dare, but you are coming towards the end, you have won this trophy in the past, would it mean even more? definitely, yes. as an ageing player, if you like, i have been involved a number of years, i realise the hard work that goes into just being involved in the game, obviously, going on to win at the game. and being able to call yourself the worlds best would be fantastic. for me as captain to have the opportunity to lift that trophy would have to be up there as one of the pinnacles of my professional career. the proudest moment if you do? maybe, yes. i remember winning this back in 2007, this back in 2007, what a fantastic

night, i have nothing but great memories of that night. we are really excited about being able to come here and bring the sydney roosters club and our style of play and put on show. we are really proud of who we are. we don't want the aussies coming here and having it all their own way, we will make it as hostile as we can. a rallying cry from the skipper for a saints team determined to be crowned the best side in the world once again. let's take a look at some of the others stories making the headlines today. the rugby community has reached out to help a young boy who's been badly bullied. quaden byles who has dwarfism led out the indigineous all stars team in the nrl‘s all star game in australia. a social media video went viral, in which the nine year old said he wanted to kill himself because of the bullying. there's been a huge wave of support, with crowdfunding page started to raise money to send quaden to disneyland.

and at the first day of the british athletics indoor championships, andy robertson from sale harriers took gold in the 60 metres in a time of 6.66 seconds. cardiff's sam gordon was second, and windsor, slough, eton and hounslow‘s toby makoyawo — who's just 17 — won the bronze medal. and there was another medalfor a teenager, as world u18 200m record—holder amy hunt won the women's 60 metres gold in a time of 7.39 seconds. alisha rees finished in second, with ebony carr third. to the women's t20 world cup in australia — where there were wins for west indies and new zealand. although the windies were made to work for their victory, after surviving a scare against debutants thailand. jo currie reports from perth. stepping out onto a world cup stage for the first time, this was a poignant day in the history of thailand cricket.

never before had any of their sides, male or female, made it to a world cup until now. the started winning the toss and putting themselves into bat, but the size of bit house they were up against became clear early on, they lost early wickets and runs were hard to come by. in fact, only two of their batswomen made it into double figures, but they dug in. eventually, thailand finished their innings on 78—9, a respectable score for a world cup debut. that should have been a relatively easy target for the 2016 champions, but the windies wobbled with the bat, at one stage, found themselves on 27—3, with thailand threatening a huge upset in this tournament. eventually, they rallied and strolled to a seven wicket victory. it was a bit of a nervous moment. i think they are really good bowlers. i reckon, you know, in a few years time, they will definitely give teams challenges.

i'm really pleased that we got over that hurdle today. yeah, it wasn't great, you know, seeing wickets falling. so i'm really happy, i can smile now. meanwhile, the follow on match here at perth — new zealand put sri lanka into bat, a strong showing from their captain which saw them finish the innings on 127—11. an achievable target for new zealand. it was their captain who really shone with the bat, she would drop early on but then went on to score to guide her side to a relatively easy victory. after australia's surprise defeat on in the opening day of this tournament, that means new zealand is top of group a, meaning on the third day of the t20 world cup,

england finally get their campaign under way here in perth against south africa. england play their opening match of the t20 women's world cup tomorrow morning. south africa are the oponents in perth as they begin their first global tournament under new head coach, lisa keightley. hosts and defending champions australia suffered a shock defeat in their their opening match. here's england captain heather knight. we're obviously not favourites. we're coming in with some really good form a few indifferent performances, but i think we have a really good chance, we have world class players is improving all the time. world—class players who have proven it out here in australian conditions, a lot of players are played out here and her success as well. 0urfirstjob is to get to the semifinals, then anything can happen. it's only a matter of hours to go now before the huge world heavyweight rematch between tyson fury and deontay wilder almost 15 months on from their controversial draw in la. this time, it's in vegas, and that's where our reporter ade adedoyen

is for us this evening. all the talking is done, the next time the fighters see each other will be in the ring behind me to settle their differences. we have been waiting 15 months for this rematch, or that the ingredients are there for it to be a great night. they couldn't split the judges that night in la. i've spoken to lots of people who have descended on vegas this week, the likes of david haye, lennox lewis, all struggling to pick a winner. some going for deontay wilder because of his power, some for tyson fury because of technical ability. when they weighed in yesterday, there was a raucous atmosphere, the majority being tyson fury fans. deontay wilder getting heckled by some of tyson fury supporters. they didn't have the tradition face—off, they stood about five metres apart, still squared up to each other, still exchanging rebel ploughs, neither man is going to give any ground. this what they had to say afterwards. deontay wilder said that this was his home country, but i told him that las vegas is mine.

the fans have turned out to see the gypsy king. all my fans are here! i have always had to fight guys bigger than me, that is only going to slow him down. holding the weight on me, i'ma rock with it, swinging with it, rock with it, let him bring it on. let him bring his weight, i'm telling him, don't blink. in las vegas, there are events all the time, but you know it's a big event when all the people are talking about is the fight, then you know it's a big occasion. they talk about this being the most significant heavyweight fight since the lennox lewis, evander holyfield and mike tyson era. wilder says that he feels it is a big fight for him, he thinks he doesn't have the credit he deaserves in the us. if deontay wilder can pull of the victory later this evening, then his star will really go up. i thought it was interesting yesterday how tyson fury kept his top on,

was he trying to hide something? deontay wilder is coming in at his heaviest ever, looking very muscular and chiselled. the last time he came in this heavy, he was a bit sluggish in his performance. another element of intrigue to this bout. it has all the ingredients for a really great night. they fight will be at about four o'clock in the morning, will you stay up or get up early? i'm 20 to stay up or get up early? i'm 20 to stay up, the only party animal that iam.| stay up, the only party animal that i am. i don't know, ithink i'll have to set the alarm, try and get up have to set the alarm, try and get up early to watch it. who knows? we might justly and miss up early to watch it. who knows? we mightjustly and miss the whole thing! 0r mightjustly and miss the whole thing! or what you all tomorrow. matter or not, all the action tomorrow. that is all from us, more for you throughout the evening.

we are looking at the potential of some disruptive weather coming our way again over the next couple of days. at the moment, over 100 flood warnings in force, numbers rising across northern england and scotland over the last 2a hours, more rain on the way. that's the satellite picture across the atlantic, this with a run stretching over 4000 miles, some lubricious hiding along this front, they will come into being potentially disruptive weather oui’ being potentially disruptive weather our way. the first of these pitching in at the moment, the cloud will thicken up overnight. in ireland, england and wales turning wet, the heaviest rain across wales, the midlands and half england. the event over the hills is enough to cause some further flooding problems. staying windy in scotland with further snow showers, that could cause problems here. into sunday, a band of rain pushes southwards, as it does so, skies will brighten into

the afternoon so an improving picture. there will be following in across the north of scotland, over the high ground. now it stays windy, not quite as windy as it sent days across northern areas. 0n across northern areas. on two monday, the next they're pressure will swing it delay in bringing multiple hazards. that is cold are developing ahead of the arrival of that low—pressure system, so as they wring arise, some will turn to snow for a time across northern ireland and northern england. though the snow here would probably come back into buying as millionaire works his way in, however, in scotland, it is likely to stay as snow. it will also be very windy across northern areas, gusts in excess of 60 mass per hour. there is some disruption, brooklyn scotland, and particularly for monday morning's rush hour. elsewhere, they range from the system could bring some localised

flooding problems across northern england. it is clear through, it will be able a blustery day nationwide on monday, with a mixture of bright spells and showers following in western areas as we head through the course of the afternoon. beyond that, as low pressure eases out, it stays u nsettled, pressure eases out, it stays unsettled, often windy with rain they forecast. first they looked like another day of particularly heavy rain. it will be cold enough to see some of that rainfall us now, so there is plenty of weather coming our way. there is also a risk of further disruption over the next few days.

to 2000 this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. the headlines at eight. thirty two british and irish tourists arrive at a quarantine centre in the wirral — after being evacuated from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship. fears about the spread of the virus — as the number of new cases in south korea more than doubles in one day. a 29—year—old man appears in court in connection with a stabbing inside london's central mosque during afternoon prayers. the met office warns the uk to brace itself for more bad weather — with warnings of snow in scotland — and strong winds and yet more rain on the way. harry and meghan will stop using their "sussexroyal" brand from spring following their decision to step back from royal duties. and in half an hour, the parents of a soldier who died during a gruelling sas selection exercise break their silence